A film festival looks at the groundbreaking talents of architecture and design

The 40-plus films on the program of the first Architecture & Design Film Festival, which screens at New York's Tribeca Cinemas, make up an unparalleled portrait of some of the past century's greatest innovators. Full-length documentaries celebrate the work of the futuristic Czech architect Jan Kaplický; the British husband-and-wife design team Lucienne and Robin Day; the famed architectural photographer Julius Shulman; and the 1970s countercultural collective Ant Farm, best known for its land-art project Cadillac Ranch. The features are complemented by a quirky mix of short films, which range from a 5-minute look at trash Dumpsters transformed into swimming pools, to quickie interviews with graphic design superstars Stefan Sagmeister and Paula Scher.